Two Somali shopkeepers shot dead
09 Jul 2010: Two Somali men have been shot dead at their shop in Worcester. It’s believed two suspects entered the Mockingbird Street store on Wednesday night; one then opened fire. One of the Somali nationals died on the scene. A second man passed away in hospitalIsraeli Spies Infiltrated International Aiports
24 Nov 2009: South Africa deported an Israeli airline official last week following allegations that Israel’s secret police, the Shin Bet, had infiltrated Johannesburg international airport in an effort to gather information on South African citizens, particularlyRow as Canada gives asylum to white South African
02 Sep 2009: Asylum seeker Brandon Huntley claimed he had been persecuted, abused and repeatedly stabbed. But it was the reason he gave for his ordeal that caused a diplomatic rift today. Huntley is South African – and white. Canada's decision to grant him refugeeSouth Africa’s Neglected Muezzins
02 Aug 2009: JOHANNESBURG — Five times a day, Mulongo climbs the minaret of the Cape Town mosque to urge Muslims to come to their prayers. But for the rest of the, he complains, he is expected to undertake several grueling tasks. "The mosque trustees say it's my jobGandhi's former home up for sale
30 Jul 2009: There is no statue, no sign to point the way and no blue plaque above the door. At first glance it is hard to believe this was a cradle of a political philosophy that would shake governments around the world. The Krall, tucked away in a quiet suburb ofSomalis Taste South Africa Xenophobia
27 Jun 2009: CAPE TOWN – Muhidin Hajji Mohammed, a Somali immigrant, was sorting out goods at his small shop near Cape Town when a group of mob showed up. "I was balancing my day's sales when a mob of people came shouting on the top of their voices kill the Somali,Election Result: Zuma elected South Africa president
07 May 2009: South Africa's parliament has elected Jacob Zuma as the country's president. Members of the legislature voted for the leader of the African National Congress (ANC) on Wednesday after his won elections by a landslide last month. Zuma assumes the top postAt pains to leave South Africa
01 May 2009: Somali refugees have told the Mail & Guardian that South Africa's high commissioner to Botswana, Dikgang Moopeloa, stood by and watched as the Botswana police and military beat them with batons and fists at the Ramatlabama border post on the night ofElection: ANC nears S Africa election win
24 Apr 2009: South Africa's ruling African National Congress has claimed a "strong mandate" in general elections set to hand the party's leader, Jacob Zuma, the presidency. Thousands of ANC supporters celebrated with Zuma at the Library Gardens in central JohannesburgMandela calls for unity at final ANC poll rally
20 Apr 2009: JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Former South African president Nelson Mandela reminded the ANC of its duty to eradicate poverty, urging unity in a surprise appearance Sunday at its final election rally. He set the tone for the theme of racial accord at theZuma bribery charges dropped
07 Apr 2009: South African prosecutors have dropped corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, the leader of the ruling African National Congress. The decision on Monday ends eight years of legal battles for Zuma, who is the ANC's presidential candidate in generalDying to live
10 Mar 2009: ANDILE Tunzana has the blood of four Somalis on his hands and, as he sits in Mdantsane prison serving two life sentences, he is finally talking about why he killed. Tunzana, 26, is doing hard time for a series of shootings and the deaths of SomaliSomali shot dead at spaza shop in South Africa
22 Jan 2009: A 38-year-old Somali man was shot dead in Wells Estate, Port Elizabeth police said on Thursday. Inspector Dumile Gwavu said Nur Aboli Hussein was shot at the Juluka spaza shop in Juluka Street at around 6pm on Wednesday. "Hussein was shot once in theFreak storm kills 18 in South Africa
06 Jan 2009: JOHANNESBURG - A lethal storm on South Africa’s eastern coast killed 18 people over the weekend, including four family members struck dead by lightning, a local government official said Monday. “The unusual storm affected various areas around DurbanAddress to the Nation by President Thabo Mbeki
23 Sep 2008: Thabo Mbeki Fellow South Africans, I have no doubt that you are aware of the announcement made yesterday by the National Executive Committee of the ANC with regard to the position of the President of the Republic. Accordingly, I would like to take thisSouth Africa set to appoint first female leader
22 Sep 2008: Baleka Mbete probably thought celebrations for this week would be confined to her 59th birthday. Instead she could find herself the new President of South Africa and the nation's first female leader. Mrs Mbete, the parliamentary speaker and ANC chairman,slashnews
CIA accused of ordering kidnap of former Pakistani spy
The wife of Khalid Khawaja claims that her husband, who was once a confidante of Osama bin Laden, was taken at the request of the American intelligence service as he travelled through Pakistan's lawless tribal belt. On Monday a group calling itself the
Yemen court upholds Israel spy's death sentence
A death sentence for a Yemeni man, Bassam Abdullah al-Haidari, convicted of spying for Israel has been upheld by an appeals court. In March 2009, a state security court sentenced the 27-year-old to death after convicting him of establishing contacts with
Mosque building brings Islamophobia fears to Poland
In a sight familiar in some west European countries but new to Poland, dozens of protesters demonstrated in a Warsaw suburb last weekend against the construction of a mosque. Plans by Poland's tiny Muslim community to build a place of worship and an
Puntland president meets with Ethiopian FM
The president of Somalia's Puntland State government Dr. Abdirahman Mohammed Farole has held meeting with Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister Seyoum Mesfin in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The meeting which was held in Hotel Sharaton, where Puntland